880 Frederick Lambton

Constituency : South  Durham  1880-85;   South  East  Durham  1900-1910  ( Liberal Unionist )

Frederick  took  over  from  Frederick  Beaumont  at   South Durham.

Frederick  was  the  younger  of  twin  sons  of  the  Earl  of  Durham.

Frederick's  first  speech  in  1882  crticised  Gladstone  for  heavy  handedness  towards  Ireland.

Frederick  did  not  stand  in  1885  but  in  1886  he  joined  the  Liberal  Unionists  and  contested  Berwick-upon-Tweed  and  Sunderland  in  1886  winning  neither. He  unsuccessfully  contested  a  by-election  at  South  East  Durham  in  1898  but  defeated  its  winner  two  years  later. He  held  his  seat  unopposed  in  1906  but  was  crushed  at  the  January  1910  election.

Frederick  succeeded  his  brother  as  Earl  in  1928   but  himself  died  only  four  months  later  aged  73.